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CHARLESTON - After an internal investigation with anonymous letters that have played out in the TV news media, Gov. Jim Justice will announce the next steps for the West Virginia State Police today at 1 p.m. and after accepting the resignation of Superintendent Jan Cahill.
Justice will hold a virtual briefing with reporters to announce the results of an internal investigation led by Department of Homeland Security Cabinet Secretary Jeff Sandy and changes that would be made to the state's top law enforcement agency.
Justice announced earlier this morning that Cahill, the former sheriff of Greenbrier County who has served as State Police Superintendent since Justice first took office as Governor in 2017, resigned effective 9:30 a.m.
Sandy began an internal investigation of top leadership of the West Virginia State Police after the Governor's Office received an anonymous letter a few months ago. Lawmakers and Attorney General Patrick Morrisey also received an anonymous letter laying out numerous accusations of wrongdoing against state police leaders.
Allegations include the placement of cameras in the women's locker room at the State Police Academy in Institute, the use of ghost accounts to get around state purchasing rules, misuse of state purchasing cards for personal purchases, extramarital affairs between officers and fights, misuse of federal grants, overtime abuse and more. The story was first broken by WCHS-TV in Charleston.